Chair
Lizzy Wiessing, Barrister, Kate Sheppard Chambers
Learning Objective:
- Understand the key focus areas and decision-making processes in ATPR decisions
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
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Local Government Decision-Making
- How are the courts approaching the decisions of local authorities?
- What level of scrutiny can be expected if a council’s decision is subject to judicial review
- Funding decisions, including the Supreme Court’s consideration of the accommodation provider targeted rate decision
Presented by Meredith Webb, Manager Public Law at Auckland Council
Presenters
Meredith Webb, Manager Public Law, Auckland Council
Meredith manages the public law team at Auckland Council where she handles a wide array of complex public law issues. She has particular expertise in public and administrative law and is passionate about local government law. Meredith has previously worked in the local government public law team at Simpson Grierson specialising in local government funding and decision-making. She also has substantial public law litigation experience having worked at the Government Legal Department in the UK where she was instructed by the Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office in high profile and complex judicial reviews and statutory appeals.
Lizzy Wiessing, Barrister, Kate Sheppard Chambers
Lizzy Wiessing is a member of Kate Sheppard Chambers and has been at the Independent Bar since June 2021. She has a professional background in policy analysis, and local government, public law and civil litigation legal issues, having worked in the local government space throughout her career. She has advised on a wide range of local government matters, including matters arising from the national and local emergencies of the last few years.
